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Brazil plans steeper reduction of key fiscal target -document
Reuters* Gov't plans to deduct $22 bln from primary budget goal * Lower goal means gov't to up spending, give tax breaks By Jeferson Ribeiro BRASILIA, May 21 (Reuters) - The Brazilian government has further lowered its primary budget surplus target for this...Tags: Brazil, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Dilma Rousseff
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Healthcare workers strike at five California public hospitals
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying emergency care, surgeries, diagnostic procedures and other medical treatment throughout the state....Tags: Unions, Environmental Issues, AFSCME, Health and Safety at Work, Radiation Therapy
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TREASURIES-U.S. bonds steady, pausing for clues on Fed bond buys
Reuters* Benchmark U.S. bond yields hover near two-month highs * Chicago, New York Fed presidents set to speak * U.S. Fed to buy $2.75 bln to $3.50 bln medium term bonds By Richard Leong NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. government debt prices were little...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Consumer Confidence, Ben Bernanke, Central Bank
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2 Fed presidents at odds on bank's role in economic recovery
It's a family feud Federal Reserve-style as Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans and Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher argue in polite fashion about what the central bank has accomplished by tinkering with the economy. Evans...
Tags: Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Financial Markets, Money and Monetary Policy
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New plan to cut unemployment
Gulf Daily News, Manama, BahrainWOMEN account for the vast majority of unemployed Bahrainis because conservative families are preventing them accepting work in certain fields, according to a government minister. Labour Minister Jameel Humaidan said that of the 7,718 people...Tags: Government, Government Ministers, Employment Opportunities, Bahrain, Unemployment
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UPDATED: Republican statewide candidates crisscross Virginia
Assignment ManagerFresh off last weekend's Republican convention, the party's statewide ticket is crisscrossing Virginia. Gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli led the candidates at a stop at the Roanoke Regional Airport Monday morning. ...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), U.S. House Committee on Appropriations
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Unclear whether Fed's bond buying has helped economy: Fisher
Reuters(Reuters) - While the Federal Reserve's accommodative policies have boosted stocks and helped the rich, it is unclear whether they are doing enough for the broader U.S. economy, a top central bank official said on Monday. "We've made rich people richer.....Tags: Mortgages, Economy, Business and Finance, New Products, CNBC (tv network), Economy
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EDITORIAL: Hard to knock ND for targeting Minn.
Duluth News TribuneThat didn't take long. Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative leaders hadn't even finished hammering out the details of their taxing and spending plans late last week when Minnesota's neighbors to the northwest, North Dakota, made a bold play to steal away...Tags: Business, Politics, Executive Branch, Government, Theft
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Workforce numbers swing back to '08 high
Orange County RegisterCongratulations, Orange County economy: You're back! The state job counters say that Orange County's workforce in April hit 1.63 million -- up 1 percent in a year to equal the record high set in July 2008. The number of Orange County residents who say...Tags: Orange County Register, Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits
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The Orange County Register Jan Norman column
Orange County RegisterJim Clifton has spent decades pondering why business succeeds or fails. A 40-year employee of Gallup Inc., the public opinion research and consulting company, Clifton has spent the past 25 years as its CEO. Under his leadership, Gallup has expanded from a...Tags: Business, Startups, Orange County Register, Invention and Innovation, YMCA
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Lawmakers prepare to pass taxes proposal
St. Cloud Times, Minn.Minnesota lawmakers appeared to be nearing an eleventh-hour, on-time ending to their 2013 session late Sunday, as the House debated increasing income and tobacco taxes to bankroll the state's next budget. There had been no vote as this edition of the...Tags: Small Businesses, Republican Party, Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Taxation
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Higher consumer spending will offset sequester cuts, economists say
WASHINGTON -- Consumers will help keep economic growth on track this year, as new projections of their spending indicate it will offset the hit to the recovery from the federal government's automatic budget cuts, a panel of economists said Monday. The...
Tags: Politics, Government, National Government, Economic Indicator, Government Debt
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